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   Re: [xml-dev] Invalid attribute names

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> Liam Quin scripsit:
> 
> > Furthermore, a name starting with
> > a colon isn't a legal "name" token in XML, so they syntax doesn't
> > allow that either.
> 
> In fact it is: colon is a NameStart character.
> 

And in a namespace-aware XML parser, Name is not used for elements or attributes,
QName is (from XML Namespaces). Isn't it a mess?

David




 

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